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I once told a friend that sadness fuels the pen. Found out yesterday that anger fuels DIY.

Had a rough afternoon during nap time, “battling” with little boy, cold-war style. I was fuming over the situation (why why why is it so hard for you to go to bed????), and need to vent the anger away. Somehow Marc’s moleskine notebook came to mind (probably coz I met him earlier at lunch) and thought, I’m gonna make myself one like that – I always wanted a notebook that could open up really flat.

My very own creation - a moleskine-inspired notebook 😀

So I googled in bed on the sly, keeping quiet to bore little boy to sleep. Michael Shannon and arte.sano from instructables had great ideas and tutorials. Setting to work after the big grass finally dozed off, and pretty much completed my notebook that night.

My best upcycling DIY to date, and truly from scrap to a polished product.
Materials are easily found at home; few raw materials needed; effective use of rough paper; process is pretty idiot proof with the excellent tutorials (waiting for glue to dry was the toughest for impatient me); cost is pretty much zero; time taken – only one night; and best of all, it looks damn good! What’s not to like haha.

A very sustainable green project – I can imagine doing this every time my notebook runs out. And I won’t feel guilty throwing it all away, since I rescued them from the bin once!

What a good way to nullify bad emotions. All poof!

Notes to self:

Wrap cover with fabric for different look

Elastic band should be 2x height of notebook

Endpaper for pasting over the elastic band should be just slightly smaller than the size of cover so that elastic band would be more secure and taut